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    "id": 1049138,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1049138/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Rural, CCU",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Mboni",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13388,
        "legal_name": "David Mwalika Mboni",
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    "content": "Most of the industries in this country are agriculture-based. Therefore, agriculture is very important. We used to have agricultural extension services and artificial insemination in the 1970’s and 1980’s. These services ceased to exist. They affect production in agriculture. These are very important services which should be revived going forward. It is high time this country moves from rain-fed agriculture to irrigation. This is because two major rivers, Tana River and Athi River, pass through where I come from, Ukambani. However, these are areas with a lot of shortage of food and yet that water flows into the Indian Ocean. If we irrigate some of these areas, this country will be a net exporter of food as opposed to net importer of food. We also need to invest in storage services. When we get a lot of food, most of it goes to waste because we do not have storage services. Therefore, farmers end up making a lot of losses."
}